Another good friend of mine (Bonnie) and I started a tradition 4 years ago to walk in the Jr. Rose Parade. I think she had a 2&3 year old at the time. Yesterday was a test of that tradition with the forecast for pouring down rain. It came down to a game time decision and we decided to go for it anyway (We are both Native Oregonians and don't mind a few sprinkles). Thankfully that is all we had a few sprinkles throughout the route. We had an "Emergency Vehicle" Theme. Garrett (her oldest and not pictured) was a Policeman on his bicycle. Maddie and Andrew were in the Fire Truck and Nathaniel and I were the Ambulance/Nurse.
It was fun... a tiring walk for someone who is 8 months along, but it was fun. When we got to the end we found a place to sit and watched the parade. Nathaniel was mesmerized by all the people walking by and loved the bands. His favorite group were the Jugglers who pulled 3 balls out of their pockets right in front of us and started to juggle. Nathaniel was out of my lap in an instant and following them down the street hoping one of them would share the ball with him. I was sitting Indian style so he got a good 20 foot head start on me. That little boy will do anything for a ball.
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